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Montessori At Home: Our Work Shelves at 2 Years
Why have we introduced Montessori trays? How did we decide what to include? Most importantly - what does our toddler think of them?
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Autumn in the Kitchen Garden
What we’re growing on the veg patch through autumn and a surprising chance for sensory play.
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Outdoor Activities with Infants this Summer
Six fun, safe and sensory rich ways to make the most of the great outdoors with babies who insist on putting everything in their mouth!
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Treasure Baskets 6-8 Months
The benefit of offering treasure baskets and sensory play to babies. I love everything about Montessori but one aspect of its current interpretation is the consumerism it encourages. Deciding to create a Montessori home should not cost a small fortune and require masses of materials because Montessori is not defined by the materials but rather by simplicity and a sense purposeful play. This is where treasure baskets come in! Treasure baskets are collections of themed objects that you have around the home which provide children with the opportunity for sensory play, (sensory play being anything that engages one of the five senses). “Everything we know about the world has come…